Catapillar

tpe · Dec 11, 2011

Indian moon moth larvae.

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Thanks for looking

Tim

kyrontf · Dec 11, 2011

Wow, that's a cool caterpillar. The way it's shaped, I had trouble telling whether it was upside down or not in #2. :lol:

PhotoTish · Dec 11, 2011

Stunning Caterpillar :thumbup:

Robin Usagani · Dec 11, 2011

Funny how when I grew up in Asia, i see caterpillars all the time. Now that I am into photography, I dont get to see one

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Buckster · Dec 11, 2011

Well done!

Viceroy · Dec 11, 2011

Fantastic! Amazing detail.

tpe · Dec 19, 2011

Thanks kyrontf, i know what you mean it really does look like it should be the other way up.

Hey PhotoTish, it is still growing and hopefully soon will turn into an Indian moon moth.

Hi Schwettylens, i am sorry you dont get to see them, i am sure i would have loved to have grown up where they were, actually it is only now that i am into photography that i get to see these odd asian ones.

Many thanks Bukster, it was all the model

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Thanks Viceroy, off the camera they are wonderfull and all the wrinkles are really great, it reminds me of HR giger in a way, they almost look like space creatures.

This one has been growing well, here are a couple more shots of it and another species the owl butterfly.

Thanks for looking.

And the owl butterfly, it is currently in its first instar

but if we are lucky it will turn into this...

Will update if it does.

Tim

orionmystery · Dec 20, 2011

Very nice set, particularly like the first and the last. Cool light in #1.

TheFantasticG · Dec 20, 2011

Aye. I like #1 and #3 in the 1st post. #3 is particularly nice for the not much shot part of the Caterpillar.

molested_cow · Dec 20, 2011

The wonder of nature. They feed on the stuff that the will help propagate in the later stage of their lives, almost like pay-back. Farms hate caterpillars because they eat the leaves of their produce, but realize that they are key to sustaining future harvest.

jriepe · Dec 23, 2011

Nice shots Tim of the Caterpillar.

Jerry

tpe · Jan 9, 2012

Hej Kurt, many thanks for the encouragment
A glasswing metamorphosed and was eaten by the cat the next day, not sure why as they are normally toxic and the cat is usually a scardy cat for everything including houseflies

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But the moon moth is pretty big now and has made a cocoon so hopefully we will have a butterfly the cat will not eat soon.

Thanks Molested cow, it is incredable how much these things eat, one larvae has eaten about 30 leaves from a rhodedendron

Thanks TheFantasticG it is getting even bigger and it now looks to have many toes?!?

All shot with a min 3x-1x and a 60 euro delta ring flash (and a slave for the glasswing).